Standard Zombie vehicle with some very silly politics

Rating: 1/10 (11 November 2003)

I was in the mood for a scary movie, but 28 Days Later does not satisfy.
This is your standard end of civilization/ avoid the zombies horror picture. It has all been done before, many times.
It is interesting to figure out how under such duress the characters in this movie can continuously come up with nice new fashion outfits, all while they are fleeing for their lives in absolute terror.They must be consumer zombies, which is kind of horrifying, but not at all in the way I had wanted, or expected. Sure,it's the end of the world, but why stop shopping?
In the end, the movie puts forward the idea that the army guys that are there to protect them, are the real monsters, worse even than the murderous hoards. I reckon that is what some people prefer to believe, and you have to hope that they never have the opportunity to test out their theories in a truly bad situation, where things have fallen apart and they need help. But they will have their smug little attitudes until then, won't they?
Maybe we need a good zombie infestation to demonstrate the difference between real horror and post modern paranoia.